Today in Techrights

• The Openwashing of Microsoft is Now Threatening to Eliminate the Identity of Free Software
• Qualys Starts Self-Promotional FUD Campaign, Naming a Bug That Was Already Fixed 2 Years Ago and Distros Have Covered With Patches
• Links 27/1/2015: Plasma 5.2, Dell Precision With GNU/Linux

Firefox 35.0.1 Is Now Available for Ubuntu Supported OSes

Canonical has revealed that the previous update for Firefox has introduced a regression for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 14.10. A new version of the browser has been released and now the users can also upgrade their Firefox browser.

Just Switch to Linux if You Want to Download Lots of Freeware

We’ve been banging on about the horrific and broken Windows software ecosystem for a long time now. Rather than installing applications from Download.com and every other freeware site, you should just switch to Linux if you want to download freeware safely. Yes, we’ve tried to recommend some tips, but the only really good one we can come up with is “just use Ninite.” “Just switch to Linux if you want to download freeware” is another good one.

Manjaro Xfce 0.9.0 Pre2 Arrives with Lots of Fixes, Already Looks Promising

Manjaro Xfce 0.9.0 Pre2, a Linux distribution based on well-tested snapshots of the Arch Linux repositories and 100% compatible with Arch, has been released. The devs have made quite a few improvements to it and users have been asked to test it.